I used to live in Germany! I lived in Kandern, Baden-Wurtenburg (sorry that's spelled wrong) about 30 minutes from Basel and 15 minutes from Lorrach. I was at a boarding school so my German isn't very good although I was there for 7 years.

Oha! the German language and the Austrian is very diffrent, the german speaks like K and Z
the Austrian like CHR and SWE...
But it gives a German-Austrian-Mix language is very funny but also complicated
It's like Bayern... they have my favorite accent, it sounds like a very big abdomen and a half closed neck...

they sound like they're doing their own thing. but that's the danger of getting really into one group when you're working on your own stuff; you can definitely hear the influence coming through pretty loud and clear.

yeah, and Dada keeps a really consistent sound, while Animal Collective changes with every album.
The influence is clearly there, but I wouldn't say they're a rip-off. It's like Coldplay and Radiohead, but a bit more obvious